Capitol Cast: Illinois

A pension consolidation proposal, some cleanup to legislation legalizing adult use recreational marijuana, and a bill to ban flavored tobacco and vaping products will be considered when the Legislature returns for the fall veto session. The Capitol News Illinois reporting team discusses these issues and more.

The Illinois election system was the target of Russian hackers in 2016. Can that happen again in 2020? Matt Dietrich, spokesman for the Illinois State Board of Elections, discusses what the state is doing to improve cyber security and the different types of threats that still exist.

The federal probe into Sen. Martin Sandoval heats up with the release of unredacted copies of the federal search warrant that was executed last month. Rebecca Anzel discusses a renewed effort to reinstate the death penalty in Illinois. And Jerry Nowicki discusses a legislative effort to lower the out-of-pocket cost of insulin.

Amid an FBI probe, Gov. J.B. Pritzker calls on a state senator to step down as chairman of the Transportation Committee; Sterigenics says it will not reopen its Willowbrook plant; and one lawmaker wants college athletes in Illinois to get paid for endorsement deals.

The Illinois Supreme Court took to the road to hear two cyber-related cases before a large audience at Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey.

State officials plan to shift 74,000 of the state's most vulnerable children into a managed care Medicaid plan; two former lawmakers are suing the state hoping to collect back pay they claim to be owed; and Attorney General Kwame Raoul goes up against opioid manufacturers and tech giant Google.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed 591 bills into law during his first year as governor, including a flurry of bills leading up to the deadline. Now attention turns to the upcoming veto session, which begins in late October, and some of the new issues that are likely to come up then.

Roundtable discussion of the culture of bullying and harassment in House Speaker Michael Madigan's office, Gov. J.B. Pritzker's signing of protections for immigrant tenants and a new minimum teacher salary, and Pritzker's veto of a bill dealing with weapon-like items in public schools. Peter Hancock, Rebecca Anzel and Jerry Nowicki.

After one of the most significant legislative sessions in recent memory, Illinois Democrats and Republicans gathered in Springfield this week to begin shaping their messages about what happened, and how they plan to carry that message into the 2020 election cycle.

Todd Maisch, president and CEO of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, talks about the state of the economy, whether state government is helping or hurting, and what the business community still hopes to accomplish in the Statehouse.